The Guy Who Sings, ended up recording a song called Owatonna! Owatonna! Owatonna! and I don't think he got the name right once. Well curiosity got the best of me and I found his 50-song Youtube album for Minnesota and sure enough, there was a Faribault song, a Hastings song, one about Farmington, Rochester, and the list goes on and on.
Metropolitan designated areas are eligible for different types of funding than what micropolitan areas are able to access, which is what Mankato would be downgraded to if this proposal were to pass.